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 One Minute in Time
using onomatopoeia and The Cure to inspire a free-verse poem from your students
A song by The Cure is inspiring student writers to try new techniques with the traits of idea development and word choice.
By visiting this lesson's Teacher Instructions & Lesson Resources page, you will find even more samples that can be printed for your class to be used as discussion tools during the teaching of this lesson.
Your students can self-publish their writing to this lesson here.
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Student Samples Being Sought:
Grades 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Learn more about WritingFix's policies for publishing student work by visiting our Publishing Student Writers Information Page.
WritingFix is currently seeking additional student samples from this writing assignment that can be featured in this space. Submitted student work must show evidence of revision, editing, and the final draft must be typed and sent through e-mail. Teachers: if you can help us obtain one, two or three student samples, along with a digital photo of the student(s) and a signed permission slips, we will send you either a complimentary copy of one of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's print publications.
Write to us at publish@writingfix.com and write "10:15 on a Saturday Night" in your e-mail's subject line, if you have a student sample to share with us.
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Student Sample: Middle School
 11:15
by Jordan, seventh grade poet
11:15 on a Friday night
And the wind pounds
On the window pane and I’m pacing ‘round the living room
And the wind howls
Owoo, owoo, owoo, owoo
Waiting
For the email she’ll send
I’m thinking about what she’s do-in
And I’m whining for yesterday
And the wind howls
Owooo, owoo, owoo, owoo
Every night it’s the same.
(Click here to view and print Jordan and one of his classmate's one-minute-in-time poems)
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